A public limited company is a limited company that may offer its shares to the public and can be the subject of a stock market listing. The minimum share capital is SEK 500,000.
The opposite is a private limited company, whose shares may not be offered publicly. A public company must carry the designation (publ) and faces more formal requirements under the Companies Act.

A private limited company is a company whose shares may not be offered to the public.
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A listed company is a public limited company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market.
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A limited company is a business form that is its own legal entity and is owned through shares.
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A stock market listing means a company's shares become available for trading on an exchange.
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